A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.14 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 21:36:48 / May 24, 2020 @ 9:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009pnb. Unique identifier: us70009pnb. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:36:48 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118.14 km, 146.5528° East, -5.3291° South.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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